I was inspired by my other friends who have blogs, to start one of my own. I don't always think my days are interesting, and I may not have something inspiring to say everyday, but this is me. I'm a nanny, and I have been for about 8 years now. Everyday is something new. A new laugh, a new frustration, a new love, or a new lesson. This is a record of life's "news."

Thursday, March 31, 2011

So I don't know if it's just from years of singing this song in church or what, but to this day I cannot stand this song! Call it blasphemous, I do not care, but here is my least favorite song for your..er..."enjoyment."

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Ok, so I have a ton of favorite songs, because well MUSIC in general is my favorite thing ever! However, I will only post two, but I'm posting two because I know I'm gonna get flack for the first one, so I hope to redeem myself with the second song. ;)

Favorite song #1:

Don't hate...

Favorite song #2:

Really, anything by this man is amaaazing, but I had this one on repeat for weeks after the CD came out. :)

Ok, so I'm lacking inspiration since my previous 30 day challenge... It's been cold and rainy here in the great state of Georgia, and it drained all my happy-beach-time-tanning-goodness out of me, like WHOA. So I'm stealing this from Facebook (of course), in the effort to supply some musical inspiration for you and me! Wish me luck, and join in if you feel inclined. :) Leave a comment if you do, so I can be inspired by your music as well.

30 Day Song Challenge:day 01 - your favorite songday 02 - your least favorite songday 03 - a song that makes you happyday 04 - a song that makes you sadday 05 - a song that reminds you of someoneday 06 - a song that reminds you of somewhereday 07 - a song that reminds you of a certain event day 08 - a song that you know all the words today 09 - a song that you can dance today 10 - a song that makes you fall asleepday 11 - a song from your favorite bandday 12 - a song from a band you hateday 13 - a song that is a guilty pleasureday 14 - a song that no one would expect you to loveday 15 - a song that describes youday 16 - a song that you used to love but now hateday 17 - a song that you hear often on the radioday 18 - a song that you wish you heard on the radioday 19 - a song from your favorite albumday 20 - a song that you listen to when you’re angryday 21 - a song that you listen to when you’re happyday 22 - a song that you listen to when you’re sadday 23 - a song that you want to play at your weddingday 24 - a song that you want to play at your funeralday 25 - a song that makes you laughday 26 - a song that you can play on an instrumentday 27 - a song that you wish you could playday 28 - a song that makes you feel guiltyday 29 - a song from your childhoodday 30 - your favorite song at this time last year

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Well, I am home from Thailand and crazy exhausted/jet-lagged, of course. I pretty much slept all day Friday, which wasn't the best idea, but like I said, I was exhausted. LOL Anyways, today I'm just relaxing at home, doing laundry, unpacking, etc. But a girl's gotta eat, right?So I go to the fridge/freezer to see what I have - not much, obviously, since I just got back from a two week trip, but enough that a plan forms in my head. This plan turned out to be pretty darn amazing, if I do say so myself, and so I thought, "I must share this "recipe" with the world!!" Of course, I don't really have world-wide domination [yet], but onto to blog it goes. :)

I'm going to call this the "Creamy, Hearty Pasta Sauce" because well, I'm jet-lagged and that's about as creative as I can get at this point... ;)Ingredients:water1 tomato1 tblsp. olive oil1 tblsp. butter1/4 onion, dicedbasiloreganoblack peppersalt1 clove garlic, minced1/2 pint of heavy cream1/2 yellow pepper, dicedchicken stock or brothparmesan cheese

*Also, you'll need a blender*

Step 1: Boil enough water to cover the tomato. I used an electric kettle, then placed the tomato in a measuring cup (bowl works too) and poured the water on top. Cover with a plate or something to keep the heat in. Leave it soaking while you prep everything else. You're doing two things: 1) softening the tomato skin so you can peel it & 2) warming up the tomato.

Step 3: Add the heavy cream. Bring up to a boil and reduce heat to med. Keep stirring, and watching, because cream will boil over if you're not careful. Add yellow pepper, stir and bring back to boil again. Continue cooking the cream mixture for approx 8-10mins until it thickens up a bit.While sauce is thickening, remove the tomato from its bath, pull the skin and top off, and place it in the blender.

Step 4: Add a splash of the chicken stock/broth to the thickened cream mixture (approx. 2-3 tblsps.), and stir. Pour cream mixture into blender, over the tomato. Blend mixture on the "Puree" setting, until everything seems mixed together well (2-3 mins). Pour back into skillet. Stir in 3-4 tblsp. of parmesan cheese, add to your pasta, top with a little more parmesan, and voila!

I had mine with ravioli, and while good, I think the filling over powered the sauce a bit. So, here are a few suggestions on how to use this sauce:~ Toss with steamed veggies (peas, carrots, asparagus, etc.) and angel hair pasta, for a "Pasta Primavera" style meal.~ Toss with linguine or fettuccine pasta, and top with grilled chicken.~ Add some ground sausage or turkey and toss with spaghetti pasta.

Let me know if you try this out, if you enjoyed it, and what kind of combo you used or came up with! Bon Appetit!